The Impact of Poverty On School Enrolment: A Case Study Musoa Division, Mbooni West District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ........................................................................................................... .ii

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................. iii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................... vi

LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................... ix

LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................... x

LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................................ xi

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ xii

DEFINATION OF TERMS .......................................................................................... xiii

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................. xiv

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................. I

GENERAL INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ I

1.1 Background information ........................................................................................ I

1.2 Rationale ............................................................................................................... 3

1.3 Objectives .............................................................................................................. 3

1.3 .1 General objective ............................................................................................ 3

1.3 .2 Specific objectives .......................................................................................... 4

I. 4 Null hypothesis ...................................................................................................... 4

I. 5 Significance of the study ........................................................................................ 4

1.6 Limitation of the study ........................................................................................... 5

1.7 Assumptions of the study .................................................................................. 5

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CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................ 6

LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................. 6

2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Summary ............................................................................................................. 12

CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................... 13

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 13

3.1 Study area ............................................................................................................ 13

3 .2 Research design ................................................................................................... 15

3 .3 Research instruments ............................................................................................... 15

3.4 Sample and sampling population .......................................................................... 15

3.5 Data collection procedures ................................................................................... 16

3.5.1 The students .................................................................................................. 16

3.5.2 The parents/community members .................................................................. 17

3 .5 .3 School accounts clerk/bursar ......................................................................... 17

3.6. Data analysis techniques ..................................................................................... 17

CHAPETR FOUR ......................................................................................................... 18

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .............................................................................. 18

4 .1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 18

4.2 The main causes ofpoverty .................................................................................. 20

4.3 Ways of alleviating poverty ................................................................................. 22

CHAPTER FIVE .......................................................................................................... 24

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................. 24

5. I Introduction ......................................................................................................... 2